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clown

[kloun] / klaʊn /




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Even disguised as a clown, the iconic gap-toothed smile of a teenage Ronaldo was enough to reveal him to the other Maastricht carnival-revellers.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

She confided to a close friend, “This book got me feeling like a clown right now.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Yeah, but I’m saying, though, it still took them to come see a professional clown to get them to go to the damn doctor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

He’d entered the league thrust into the position of savior, a 21-year-old high draft pick from USC trapped in a Meadowlands clown car.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The crowd whistles and applauds, but after that the clown keeps his distance.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen




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